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B, BALDWIN.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING U ORSETS.

Patented May-18., 188.6.

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I corset made according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a section of thematerial of which the corset is composed.

heavy-fleeced jean.

upon one side of the material only, and is in fact a nap similar to thenap of canton-flannel, and produced in precisely the same manner.

To all whom it may concern:

a corset which may be worn next to the person without the slightestinconvenience and with perfect comfort at all times to the wearer. \Viththis end in view I have devised the novel method of manufacturing ofwhich the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification.

tion, O hip-section, and D the bust-gore, of an ordinary Thomson GloveFitting Corset.

the usual clasps at the front.

vention is not limited to any special style of corset, and that corsetsembodying my invention may be constructed in the usual or in anypreferred form.

in starching and ironing-especial care must be taken.

NIED STATES BYRON BALDWIN, OF NEIV YORK, N.

Y., ASSIGNOR TO THOMSON, LANG" DON 85 00.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CORSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3tl,869, dated May18,1886.

Application filed December 30, 1885. Serial No. 187,096. (No model.)

Be it known that I, BYRON BALDWIN, a citi- ,My invention has for itsobject to produce Figure l is a perspective of one-half of a A is thebody-section, B the under arinsec- E indicates eyelet-holes at the back,and F The peculiarity of my invention is that I make the entire corsetof a specially-made The fleece is produced It will of course beunderstood that my in- In the final finishing of the corsetthat is,

For convenience in description, I have indicated the smooth side of thefabric by a in the drawings, and the fleeced side by b. In starching thecorsets are stretched upon tables, and great care is taken that thestarch shall not penetrate the fabric. After starching the corset isironed and polished upon the tables in the usual manner. The result isthat I produce a thoroughly-stiffened and beautifullyfinished corsetupon the outer side without in any manner injuring or affecting theheavy fleece or nap vupon the back of the fabric, which has now becomethe inner side of the corset. I thus wholly avoid the harshness androughness of all lined or unlined stitched corsets now upon the market,and combine in a si'nr ple and inexpensive corset the advantages ofconstruction peculiar to stitched corsets, and produce at the same timea much softer and pleasanter corset to wear than the finest woven orlined corset.

There has been for some time a demand for a low-priced corset that couldbe worn next to the person with perfect comfort to the wearer. Thisrequirement is not met by any corset now known to the trade.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim The methodhereinbefore described of manufacturing corsets, the said methodconsisting in forming the corsets of properly-shaped sec tions of fabrichaving a soft nap or fleece on its inner side, starching or otherwiseartificially stiffening the outer surfaces only of the corsets, and thenironing the said outer sur Vitnesses:

A. M. IVoos'rER, A. B. FAIROHILD.

